Operation Cerberus / Channel Dash

[Richard Hargreaves]

Is anyone able to point me in the right direction of first-hand accounts from Luftwaffe units supporting Operation Cerberus/Channel Dash, the breakout of the Kriegsmarine units in Brest in February 1942?

There's a little in the KG2 history and Galland's memoirs but after that I've drawn a blank - whereas there's quite a lot from the Kriegsmarine side.

Many thanks.

[Melvin Brownless]

Hi Richard,

1./(F)123 were involved in the dash, zig-zagging the convoy in a reconnaissance roll. I have a personal account of one of the pilots involved in the operation which I plan to use in my book regarding this unit. If you can send me a pm with your e-mail address I will send the 1./(F)123 report for your interest.

Kind regards

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

[Juha]

Hello in Meimberg's memoirs there should be something, he flew in JG 2 at that timeJuha

[Alain57]

Hello ,

The II Gruppe NJG 1 flying at that time from St-Trond ( Belgium ) airfield participated also in this operation. The flew missions from Koksijde ( Belgium ) airfield
Later the flew from Schiphol , Westerland , Aalborg-West , Stavanger-Sola , Bergen and Trondheim.

Regards
Alain57

[Thimmig]

New Swedish book about the Channel Dash is coming out soon, I've hade contact with the authors, who unfortunatley are leaving out the Luftwaffe activity!

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Max,

Thanks for the reminder of the copies which I promised to sent to you! A book about the Channel dash without Luftwaffe sounds like a history of the Blitzkrieg and leaving the panzers out

All the best, Marcel

[Richard Hargreaves]

Many thanks for everyone's input. I checked Meimberg's memoirs but he was out of action, recovering from a crash landing the previous year so missed the Dash.

[James A Pratt III]

hi Richard i liked your book "The Germans in Normandy". There is a two volume history and one volume abridged version of JG 26 which has some information on the channel dash. There are also histories of JGs 1 and 2 out there which should also have some information on this event.